Corbin has damaged elbow ligament

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Mar 17, 2014

The D-backs announced on Sunday that Patrick Corbin has damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow. On Sunday, the team revealed that scheduled Opening Day starter Patrick Corbin has a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament. Corbin seemed… (more) to be rolling along just fine this spring until he took the mound for his final preparation for Australia on Saturday. Within 24 hours of watching his ace left-hander walk off the mound in pain, D-backs manager Kirk Gibson considered the fate of young Patrick Corbin and this spring's spate of others like him who are or could be headed to the double-edged scalpel of modern pitching: Tommy John surgery. In 25 starts through August 20, he put up a stellar 2.45 ERA while striking out 21.8 percent of hitters, but over his final seven starts, he was torched for an 8.00 ERA in whiffing just 16.3 percent.

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